The Late Late Show pays tribute to Vicky Phelan, there's the Country Music Awards 2022, Children in Need, Disenchanted, the return of The Last Leg, and the final episodes of Babylon Berlin . . .
Pick of the Day
The Late Late Show, 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Tonight’s show will include a tribute to fearless campaigner Vicky Phelan as her fight continues after her death.
The Stunning will also brew up a storm as they remember Vicky in a special musical performance dedicated to one of the band's biggest fans.
13-year-old Dubliner Alisha Weir (above) will talk about how she swapped The Late Late Toy Show stage for the lead role opposite Emma Thompson, in the upcoming movie version of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical.
With the controversial Qatar World Cup kicking off on Sunday, former Ireland international Eamon Dunphy will tell Ryan Tubridy why it’s time for football to take a stand.
Hollywood icon Jane Seymour will chat about what it takes to be a leading lady, her love of Ireland and what we can expect from Season 2 of TV dramedy Harry Wild.
Plus, the show will have music from Athy’s Jack L.
Don’t Miss
The Big Narstie Show, 11.05pm, Channel 4
There’s a fair sprinkling of Irish talent on tonight’s show.
The grime MC and Mo Gilligan are joined by actors Stephen Graham (who's in Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical along with Alisha Weir) and Paul Mescal (above, who stars in Aftersun), comedian and actress Aisling Bea and actress Verona Rose, for another selection of chat, music and sketches.
New or Returning Shows
Country Music Awards 2022, 10.40pm, BBC Four
Coverage of the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards, the biggest country music festival in the world, staged at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
The line-up includes Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, Lauren Alaina, Jimmie Allen, Darius Rucker, Luke Combs, Keith Urban, Lady A, Carly Pearce and Carrie Underwood.
Also: this show is bookended by a couple of Kenny Rogers-related programmes: Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler (9.00pm) and Kenny Rogers: Cards on the Table at 11.40pm.
The Great Game, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic
Billionaire deals, ruthless characters, dream locations and nail-biting negotiations - the transfer market is the most lucrative part of top-level football.
This Italian drama delves behind-the-scenes of the dark and glamorous market through the eyes of protagonist, Corso Manni.
Discredited by false accusations, Corso (Francesco Montanari) has gone from being the golden boy of ISG, Italy’s largest football agents’ company, to a pariah.
With the help of young agent Marco Assari, Corso begins to rebuild his career by competing against his ex-wife Elena De Gregorio and her father Dino De Gregorio, for the lucrative signing of football champion Quintana and young talent Antonio Lagioia.
An unexpected game of alliances and betrayals takes shape with the arrival on the scene of Sasha Kirillov, an experienced agent of the Russian company Plustar, who is determined to win the Italian football market and the prestigious signings held by ISG.
Children in Need, 7.00pm, BBC One
Celebrities join forces to help raise funds for the charity that currently supports thousands of projects in communities across the UK, all of which aim to improve the lives of children.
Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Chris Ramsey, Alex Scott (above) and Jason Manford front this year's appeal night live from Media City UK in Salford, which features special editions of The Repair Show and Blankety Blank and a few laughs from Graham Norton's Red Chair.
The show has a 'SPOTacular' theme, for which British viewers are encouraged to test their skills with an on-the-spot challenge, wear something spotty or simply feel SPOTacular.
The Last Leg, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker (below) are all back for a new run of this hugely enjoyable show.
They’re joined tonight by guests Peter Crouch, Phil Wang and Rose Ayling-Ellis for an offbeat review of significant moments from the past seven days.
As usual, the hashtag #isitok paves the way for the gang to round up, examine and explain the leading and most entertaining news stories of the week.
The Phantom of the Open, 8.00pm, Sky Cinema
Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees and Jonah Lees star in this fact-based dramedy.
It’s the heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist.
This humble crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness in England managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976, despite never playing a round of golf before.
He shot the worst round in Open history and drew the ire of the golfing elite, but became a folk hero in the process and, more importantly, showed his family the importance of pursuing your dreams.
New to Stream
Disenchanted, Disney+
Filmed in Ireland, Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Idina Menzel reprise their roles from Enchanted, with Gabriella Baldacchino replacing Rachel Covey.
It's been 15 years since Giselle and Robert got married, but Giselle has since grown disillusioned with life in the city.
They decide to move their growing family to the sleepy suburban community of Monroeville in search of a more fairytale life - but it isn't the quick fix she hoped for.
Suburbia has a whole new set of rules, plus a local queen bee, Malvina Monroe, who makes Giselle feel more out of place than ever.
Frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, she turns to the magic of Andalasia for help, accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairytale and placing her family’s future happiness in jeopardy.
Now, Giselle is in a race against time to reverse the spell and determine what happily ever after truly means to her and her family.
Spirited, Apple TV+
Starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, and Patrick Page, this festive film is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge.
Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.
For the first time, A Christmas Carol is told from the perspective of the ghosts in this musical twist on the classic Dickens tale.
The People We Hate at the Wedding, Prime Video
In this raunchy comedy, dysfunctional American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), along with their ever-optimistic mother (Allison Janney), are invited to a British wedding.
It involves the marriage of their estranged half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and it’s a chance for them to reconnect as adults and learn to love each other like once before.
